Depository for burglarproof chests



Nov. 21, 1933. Q F SIQBERG 1,935,959

DEPOSITO'RY FOR BURGLARPROOF CHESTS Filed Sept. 9. 1952 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 7 C. F. SIOBERG DEPOSITORY FOR BURGLARPROOF CHESTS Filed Sept. 9. 1932 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 21, 1933 PATENT OFFICE 1,935,959. I nnros roav roe BURGLARPROOF ,CHESTS CharlesF. Sioberg, York, Pa., assignor to. York Safe, & LockCompany, York, Pa.., a corporation of Delaware Application September 9, 1932. Serial No. 632,335

7 Claims.

The invention relates to a depository for a burglarproof chest having an. inner partition forming an inner compartment. The device, of

the invention includes as. an important advantageof the invention a feature wherebythe opening through which the package is inserted is. com-. pletely and, entirely closed before the opening from the pocket intov the inner compartment first begins to be exposed. Most of the depositories,

previously constructed are so. arranged. that it is quite possible to fish out the package after it has.

been delivered to the inner compartment. Thisis true even where bafiles are used toprevent this,

practice. ,The-bafiies-are, as amatter of fact, for the most part, more or less inefiective. An impor-. tant object of the present invention is to eliminate the possibility that deposits may be fished out or otherwise removed through the pocket.

The device of the invention is also unique that itis placed close to, the top wall of the chest whereby a greater storage capacity is available than with any previous device for this same general purpose which canbe used in a burglarproof chest.

Another advantage, of the newconstruction is that, the package or bag in which the deposits are placed'for insertion through the depository may be and is preferably oblong in shape and permits the storing of bills without foldin almost two hundred bills if desired beinghandled at one time in the operation of the. depository.

The money or other valuables thus packed or otherwise suitably packed, are inserted in the pocket at the front. By rotation of the o et.

the deposits are transported. and. dropped in the operation of the depository preferably well back; in the inner compartment of the chest passing downwardly throu h an a erture at des r d point in the rotation of the pocket provided that t ivi pen n i losed efo esa d ap rture is'opened.

It is of interest that while the depository is preferably mounted in the chest at the top, access to the pocket for admission of deposits ishad from the side and particularly from the outercompartment of the chestthrough the inner wall of which the pocket is made accessible this purpose. I

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevationof' the chest with the chest door removed.

Figure 2 isa section on the line ure 1'. I

Figure 3 is an elevation of the rotary depository unit or pocket removed from the chest, parts 2, 2 of Figfor 1 as provided with an inner partition 3 dividing the chest into two compartments consisting of an outer compartment 4 immediately behind the rotary door and aninner or storage compartment 5. r

For the purposes of the present invention the chest has been formed with a circular aperture 6. in the top as best illustrated in dotted lines in F gure 1. This aperture extends through the innerwall 3 exposing the rotary depository unit or pocket in the front compartment 4. The opening in the wall 3 is indicated by reference char-. acter '7 in Figures 1 and 2.

v The depository unit 8 to be further described is inserted; in this opening and projects downwardly into the chest to a convenient extent which in the form of the invention shown is a little more than one third of its vertical height; The construction also includes a door opening 9 in the, inner. wall which is closed by any suitable door 10 provided with a lock ll, which may be a key or com bination lock usually under the control of a responsible agent of the organization maintaining the chest.

The depository unit 8 comprises an outer cylindrical casing 12, shown-as provided with a flange 14 at its upper edge, the casing fits in the aperture 6 in the top of the chest, being supported by the flange 14 which is seated in the top wall of the. safe, which is rabbeted at 14 for this purpose, or it may be supported and heldin any suit.- able manner, it being understood that the outer casing would be secured in its operative position in the most approved manner known to the art. The outer casing 12 is formed with a thick permanent top wall 15, and a bottom wall 16; which is secured in and to the depository unit as assem bled outside the chest, but is not removable in the operative. position of the depository within the chest. Bottom .wall 16 of the depository unit is 7 provided with a delivery opening 1'7 of a little less chamber 5 preferably in front of the door opening 9 in the inner partition, whereby the articles deposited in the chest are most easily accessible for removal through the door 10 in the inner par- 5 tition. The outer casing 12 of the depository unit contains in. the form of the invention shown a rotary pocket member 18 shown in detail in Figure 3 which is a top plan view. This pocket member is provided with a receiving opening at the side indicated at 19 in Figure 2. This opening is arranged to register in receiving position with the opening 7 in the inner partition 3 and with the opening 20 in the outer casing 12 of the depository unit which it will be understood is stationary, the opening 20 registering at all times with the opening '7. The rotary pocket member 13 which, as already pointed out, is preferably cylindrical, as is also the casing 12, is provided with a transverse vertical partition 21, see Figure 2, which as I shown preferably extends from the right hand side of the receiving opening 19 in said pocket member as seen in Figure 2 across or nearly across the rotary pocket member, the depository pocket 22, i. e. the pocket proper being formed by and between said partition 21 and the cylindrical Wall 23 of the pocket member on the left, i. e., on the opposite side of the receiving opening 19 from the'partition 21. To avoid the presence of a sharp corner in the pocket 22,

which might catch and hold the articles and prevent their delivery as hereinafter described, the partition 21, as shown, terminates at the rear opposite the opening 19 in a right angular portion 24 which is joined to the cylindrical wall and 'the cylindrical wall 23'being preferably continu-' ous and provided with manually engageable means for rotating the pocket member shown in the form of knurled surface 13 extending circumferentially along the outside of the cylindrical wall 23. This knurled portion 13'is at all times even in the closed position of the pocket, exposed at the opening 20 for manual engagement, to oscillate the pocket from open to closed position and vice vversa.

The rotary pocket member 18 is shown as provided with an upwardly projecting stop 26 which cooperates with two depending stops 2? and 28 projecting downwardly from the inner surface of the top wall 15 of the outer casing 12 of the depository unit. The stop 26 is located in the assembled position of the depository in the are 29 between the stops 2'7 and 28 which permits'the pocket member to be oscillated through this are and limits its movement to such oscillation. In receiving position when opening 19 in the side of the pocket registers with openings 7 and 20, stop 26 engages stop 28 and in discharge position stop 26 engages stop 27. The pocket member 18 is held in a freely oscillating suspension concentric with the casing Sby means of center top and bottom pivots 23' engaging the top and bottom walls 15 and 16 which are, suitably bored to receive them.

The'position illustrated in Figure 2 is the receiving position in which the articles to be stored are inserted'in the pocket 22 of the pocket member 18. As already pointed out, the bottom wall 16 of the outer casing 12 of the depository unit has an aperture 1'7 which is shown as of a little 2 less area than one half thebottom of the depository unit. This in the form of the invention shown has one arcuate side and one straight side, the latter indicated by reference character 30 being most conveniently at right angles to the front wall of the chest. The arcuate side 30' of the opening is at the right, as seen from the front, though this arrangement can, of course, be changed by reversing or otherwise. The bottom of pocket 22 is open so that when the articles to be stored are inserted through the receiving opening 19, they rest on the bottom wall v16 of the casing 12 at the left, and as the rotary pocket member is swung in righthanded rotation through the are permitted by the stop lug 26 on the pocket member cooperating with lugs27, 28 on the depository casing 12, the articles inserted are engaged by thetransverse wall 21 of the pocket and moved along the bottom wall of the casing until they encounter the opening 17 in said bottom wall when they are passed downwardly by gravity through opening 17 into the inner compartment 5 of the safe. As the arc of rotation permitted by the stops is completed, the pocket 22 is brought into full or'substantially full registration with the opening 17 so that whatever is contained in the pocket is thus discharged into the inner compartment 5 of the chest,'it being of particular interest to note that as the pocket 22 first begins to come into registration with the opening 17, the receiving opening 19 is completely closed off so that there is no chance at all for a dishonest employee or other person attempting to crack the chest, to fish out or in any manner to remove any packageor article after it has been deposited. It is believed that this result has not been accomplished by any previous depository by the use of baffles or otherwise; Baffles have proved more or less ineffective and it is with a particular view to the overcoming of this objection that the new type of depository was devised and constructed.

- It is also of importance that the depositoryis located against the top inside wall of the chest and that because of this fact the storage capacity of the safe which is available, is much greater than with other depository devices, and particularly it is greater than where the deposit is made through a slot in the inner partition. In the preferred practice the bills or notes deposited are enclosed in a bag of oblong shape which permits the storing ofbills in their full size flat without folding. It has been found that a package of two hundred bills or bank notes canbe deposited in this way and inserted through the opening, and when the head or pocket member 18 is revolved through 180 degrees or through a suflicient arc, the bag or package is dropped from the pocket into the storage chamber of the chest.

The deposits arepreferably thus carried for a considerable distance in a horizontal direction from the point of depositan'd dropped in the central area of the inner compartment and so stowed as to give economical storage without waste of space as when they aremerely passed through a slot in an upright wall. As thus placed the deposits are easily accessible to the trusted agent or employee supplied with the-key or combination of the lock 11 of the inner door 10.

I have thus described specifically and in detail a chest embodying the features of my invention in the preferred form in order that the nature and mannerof constructing'and operating and using the same may be fully understood, however, the specific terms herein are used descriptively rather than in a limiting sense, the scope of the invention being defined in the claims.

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Letters. Patent is: 1

11A burglarproof: chest having: a front door opening. and an inner uprightpartition. witlra door therein. and an inner c'ompartmentl'behindi the partition a. depository unit back. of. the: parti-- tion, the unit consisting: of: a casing. and a pocket: member mounted to oscillatetherein on-azvertical axis from receiving to discharging position, the. chest having a seat in thetop: wall for the: depository unit. in whichthecasing is; secured, and means permanently closing the: top of the unit, the cars-- ing having an'opening in its side registering with an opening in the innerpwall which is; provided: for this purpose and is conveniently accessible: from the front door opening, andrthepocket-having a receiving opening, in itssidewhich registers; with the forementioned openings in the receiving: position of the pocket, the pocket being open at. the bottom, the construction including. a wall which closes the bottom of the-pocket in receiving position, the bottom: of the depository unit being;

otherwise open sothat as the pocketis; rotated from receiving position. to discharging position,

. the articles deposited'therein: are dropped into the inner compartment of the chest; where they are accessible through thedoor in the inner partition, the pocket member closing the receiving opening before the discharge is opened.

2. The combination in a burglarproof chest having a front door opening, an inner partition forming an inner compartment having a door accessible through the front door opening, a

depository unit having a casing secured to the chest and projecting downwardly from the top of the chest, a pocket mounted to oscillate therein about a vertical axis, from receiving to discharging position, the inner partition having an opening and the depository casing having an opening in its side which registers therewith, the pocket having a receiving opening in its side which registers with said openingsin the partition and casing in the receiving position of the pocket, the

pocket being open at the bottom, a stationary;

wall closing the bottom of the pooket'in the receiving position of the pocket, the bottom of the depository having an opening which directly underlies the open bottom of the pocket in discharge position so that as the pocket is rotated away from receiving position to discharge position, the articles deposited therein are dropped through said opening into the inner compartment of the chest, the pocket also having a wall which closes the opening in the inner partition as the pocket is rotated from receiving position before the bottom of the pocket is opened and during the entire period inwhich it is open or partly open, and means closing the top of the unit.

3. The combination in a burglarproof chest having a front door opening, an inner upright wall forming an inner compartment beyond the front door opening, a depository secured to the chest and projecting downwardly from the top, the depository including a pocket mounted to oscillate from receiving to discharge position about an upright axis, the inner partition having a receiving opening, and the pocket having an upright side wall with a receiving opening therein which registers with said receiving opening in the inner partition in the receiving position of the pocket, the inner wall having a door opening beneath the pocket opening, both the door opening in the inner wall and the-receiving opening being accessible from the front door opening of the the construction having a stationary wallclosing,

the bottom of the pocketinzthe receiving position:

havingja wall which closes the opening in the, inner partition: as the pocket, is; rotated from:

receiving. position before thebottom of. the pocket; is opened;

'4, A. burglarproof chest; having a front door opening an inner upright partition immediately back of ,said opening, the, portion of the chest; beyondthepartition serving asan: inner chamber, a rotary depository unit having a casing which projects" downwardly into the chest from the top, and. is secured. to the chest, a rotary pocket.

mounted; in the casing to rotate about, an upright axis; the pocket having a receiving opening at;

the side and the inner partition having. an open.- ing with which said receiving opening registers in the receiving position of the pocket, the pocket being; openfat the bottom, a, stationary horizontal. partition closing the bottom of the pocket in the receiving position of the pocket, the partition having a downwardly disposed opening which is located at one side of the pocket in the receiving position so that as the pocket is rotated from receiving position the articles deposited therein are dropped through said opening into the inner compartment of the chest, the pocket having a substantially cylindrical wall portion which closes the opening in the inner partition as the pocket is rotated toward and into the discharging position in which the articles are dropped, the closing of the said opening taking place prior to the opening of the bottom of the pocket to drop the articles, the inner partition having a door opening for removal of deposits the same being below the pocket and both the door opening of the inner partition and thereceiving opening being accessible from the front door opening of the chest. w

, 5. A burglarproof chest having a front door chest, the pocket being; open at the; bottom and;

opening which is normally'in a vertical plane,

an inner partition immediately back of said opening, the portion of the chest beyond the partionclosing the bottom ofthe pocket in the receiving position of the pocket a portion of the horizontal partition being omitted providing a downwardly disposed opening which is located at one side of the pocket in the receiving position 'so that as the pocket is rotated from receiving position, the articles deposited therein are dropped through said opening into the inner compartment of the chest, the pocket having a substantially cylindrical wall portion which closes the opening of the inner partition as the pocket is rotated toward and into the discharge position in which the articles are dropped, the closing of the said opening taking place prior to the opening of the bottom of the pocket to drop the articles, the inner partition having a door opening below the depository.-

6. A burglarproof chest having a casing closed at the top and seated in the top of the chest, the casing being partially closed at the bottom and having an opening at one side, a pocket therein nearthe top of the chest rotatable about a vertical axis from receiving to depositing posi-' tion, and having a substantially vertical partition, the pocket having a downwardly disposed opening on one side of the partition to register with the opening in the bottom of the casing in depositing position and a receiving opening on the same side of the pocket partition, the casing having a receiving opening with which the pocket opening registers in receiving position and the chest having an inner partition dividing it'into front and rear compartments, the latter partition having a receiving opening at the top with which the openings in the casing and the pocket register in receiving position and a door opening below said receiving openings and below the bottom of the casing, the chest having a front door opening through which both the receiving opening and the door opening in the partition are accessible whereby the packages to be stored can be, introduced'through the front door opening of the safe into the pocket, the pocket being rotated to drop them through the bottom of the casing back of the partition, the packages being accessible for removal through the front door opening and the door opening in the partition.

'I. A burglarproof chest completely closed at the top and having a front door opening with a front door, a pocket inthe chest at the top rotatable about a'vertical axis from receiving and depositing position and having an upright partition dividing'it near the axis, the pocket having a side receiving opening on one side of the partition and being open at'the bottom adjacent the receiving opening, the chest having a vertical partition with'areceiving opening with which the receiving opening in the pocket registers in receiving position, the chest also having a horizontal partition just beneath the pocket with an opening to register with the bottom opening of the pocket in discharge position, the partition also having a door opening below the horizontal partition, both the receiving opening and the door opening in the partitionbeing accessible from the front door opening of'the chest.

- CHARLES F. SIOBERG. 

